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With a diverse range of industry-leading technology and experience in consumer, broadcast and security applications, Sony offers a world-class selection of highly versatile cameras which find applications in many markets.

Sony Europe's Image Sensing Solutions division have designed, developed and manufactured an in-depth range of component cameras and image sensing products that you can depend upon, even in the most demanding applications.

Industry leading products include the most advanced 4K & Full High Definition camera range, standard definition colour and monochrome CCD video cameras for analogue and digital vision systems and the latest Global Shutter CMOS technology, all of which satisfy numerous market sectors and applications.

The Image Sensing Solutions division is a European based business unit with headquarters in the UK and France and continues to be supported by over 30 years of technologically-advanced design and development, delivered today in world-class products.

Two earthquakes that took place in the Kyushu Region, Japan, on the 14th and 16th of April 2016 have affected Sony’s CMOS sensor production lines at their Kumamoto Technology Center. The JAI camera manufacturing plant in Japan is also located close to the epicentre, but was hardly affected and has led to no personal injuries.

Sony recently announced its intention to close its 200 mm CCD wafer line in Kagoshima and to stop the manufacture of the majority of Sony’s industrial CCD sensors. Mark Williamson, Director – Corporate Market Development of STEMMER IMAGING, explains how machine vision users and STEMMER IMAGING customers are affected by this decision.